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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL

300 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004





A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

 

  BREVARD COUNTY

  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

  LAKE COUNTY

  MARTIN COUNTY

  OKEECHOBEE COUNTY

  ORANGE COUNTY

  OSCEOLA COUNTY

  SEMINOLE COUNTY

  ST. LUCIE COUNTY

  VOLUSIA COUNTY

  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA



* UNTIL 600 AM EDT 



* AT 300 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

WIDESPREAD AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE FRANCES 

COVERING EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE 

THAT A LARGE PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 

THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL. A FEW LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED EVEN 

HIGHER AMOUNTS...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF FIVE TO SIX INCHES ACROSS 

PARTS OF VOLUSIA AND NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES...AND SIX TO SEVEN 

INCHES NEAR THE INDIAN RIVER AND ST LUCIE COUNTY LINE. 



SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THROUGH SUNDAY AS 

FRANCES DRIFTS SLOWLY OVER THE AREA...AND THE FLOODING WILL BECOME 

MORE EXTENSIVE AND SIGNIFICANT THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS SUNDAY.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



IF YOU CANNOT SEE THE ROAD OR ITS LINE MARKINGS DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE THROUGH THE WATER. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN THE WATER 

DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. ONLY TWO 

FEET OF WATER CAN MAKE MOST VEHICLES BUOYANT AND PRONE TO BEING 

SWEPT AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY. 



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS

LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO 

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MELBOURNE. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE.



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